[Dxspider-support] Strange

[Gregor Surmann]

Thank you, Kin!

I will change this in few minutes.

I don't have any NAT, only real world IPs, open Internet.

Thank you for the clear instructions. Will use ngrep later to check if this 
works.

73 de Gregor, DO5SSB



On 03.04.25 18:06, Kin wrote:
> Gregor,
> 
> You can see the following on Change:
> 
> 21Mar25======================================================================
> 1. "Fix" (and I mean that both figuratively and literally) the external IP
>     address that is presented comes from one place and not some magical hand
>     waving. Having said that, if your NODE (not user) is behind a masquerading
>     firewall you MUST (and I really mean this) set $main::localhost_alias_ipv4
>     and $main::localhost_alias_ipv6 (if you have IPV6 available).
> 
>     This allows a console / dx program RUNNING ON THE NODE to use the correct
>     IP address. Also if you "telnet localhost 7300". This setting has nothing
>     to do with external users. It also makes sure that the correct IP address
>     for the NODE goes out where required (eg in the latest PC92 K records).
> 
>     If you never do anything on the node machine itself then this does not
>     matter. However, if you do and  your NODE has a dynamic IP address then
>     we will have to work out how to make this happen.
> 
> 20Jan23=======================================================================
> 1. Add the variable @main::localhost_names to allow other IP addresses to
>     be treated in the same way as localhost in item 1 on 19Jan23 below. NOTE
>     you must include ALL the normal localhost names + any other interface
>     names that you might want to include:
> 
>        set/var @main::localhost_names qw(127.0.0.1 ::1 192.168.1.30)
> 
>     using the qw() construction is easier than:
> 
>        set/var @main::localhost_names ('127.0.0.1', '::1', '192.168.1.30')
> 
>     but either will work. You can define as many IP addresses as you like and
>     they can be IPV4 or 6.
> 
> Last month's dxspider-support list contains more explanation from Dirk on this topic.
> 
> Kin EA3CV
> 
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> En nombre de Gregor Surmann via Dxspider-support
> Enviado el: jueves, 3 de abril de 2025 17:59
> Para: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> CC: Gregor Surmann <gs at funil.de>
> Asunto: Re: [Dxspider-support] Strange
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Did I miss something?
> 
> I use the "DX [BY <call>] [ip <ipaddress>] <freq> <call> <remarks>" Method.
> 
> The web cluster connects from localhost on the same machine, as it is an api for the web cluster which runs on another host.
> 
> But it uses the real IP address of the users... The user "DO5SSB-9" has the permissions to do that locally.
> 
> So, what should I do?
> 
> 73 de Gregor, DO5SSB
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 03.04.25 17:49, Kin via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Nothing strange, it's "normal".
>> What you see is a consequence of not defining the variables according to what Dirk explained here or what I've written on more than one occasion.
>> 😭
>>
>> Kin EA3CV
> 
> 

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